Each year, the National Health Law Program (NHeLP) spends the month of April celebrating the lifesaving program that is Medicaid. Medicaid provides quality health care to more than 80 million people in the nation. Below is a curated selection or resources and cases we believe highlight our advocacy over the past year.
- November 3, 2014
Amicus Brief of AARP Foundation Litigation and NHeLP in Halbig v. Burwell
dfitzgeraldAmicus brief of AARP Foundation Litigation and NHeLP in Halbig v. Burwell defending the availability of the Affordable Care…
- October 21, 2014
Issue Brief: Hearing Services for Children on Medicaid
Jane Perkins and Catherine McKeeHearing loss affects many low-income children in the United States. Despite the proliferation of hospital-based newborn hearing screening programs,…
- October 16, 2014
Issue Brief: Update on Private Enforcement of the Medicaid Act
Jane PerkinsOver the years, Medicaid beneficiaries have asserted claims under the Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution and 42 U.S.C.…
- September 5, 2014
NHeLP Health Reform Litigation Docket
dfitzgeraldNational litigation docket focused on key constitutional challenges to health reform litigation.
- September 3, 2014
Class Certification Order: Wilson v. Gordon (M.D. Tenn)
dfitzgeraldPlaintiffs bring this action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 seeking declaratory and injunctive relief against the Defendants, who…
- September 3, 2014
Preliminary Injunction Order: Wilson v. Gordon (M.D. Tenn)
dfitzgeraldPreliminary injunction order in Wilson v. Gordon (M.D. Tenn). The eleven named Plaintiffs have brought this action under 42 U.S.C.…
- August 20, 2014
NHeLP and Maine Equal Justice Partners Amicus Brief: Mayhew v. Burwell; First Circuit
Jane Perkins and Catherine McKeeMaine submitted a state plan amendment to CMS to eliminate Medicaid coverage of 19-20 year olds. CMS denied the…
- August 4, 2014
Webinar: Burwell v. Hobby Lobby – Access to Care Implications
Susan Berke FogelWebinar focused on the impact on access to care post the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Burwell v. Hobby…
- July 14, 2014
Health Advocate: ACA Litigation Continues: A Primer of Major Cases
Jane PerkinsThe ACA has been under continuous attack in the courts since its enactment. These challenges could significantly roll back…
- July 9, 2014
Amicus Brief of AARP Foundation Litigation and NHeLP in Halbig v. Sebelius
Jane PerkinsAmicus brief of AARP Foundation Litigation and NHeLP in Halbig v. Sebelius defending the availability of the Affordable Care…
- July 7, 2014
Summary of the Supreme Court’s Decision in Hobby Lobby
dfitzgeraldInitial summary of the Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Supreme Court decision, including what it means for women, including how…
- June 27, 2014
Q&A Deference
dfitzgeraldAdvocates may wish to argue that courts should defer to agency interpretations in proposed, but not final, regulation. This…
- June 24, 2014
NHeLP Amicus Brief in Priests For Life v. Sebelius
Jane PerkinsThe ACA recognizes that preventive health services are critical to individual and community health. It accordingly requires new group…
- June 24, 2014
NHeLP Amicus Brief in Reaching Souls v. Sebelius
Jane PerkinsThe ACA recognizes that preventive health services are critical to individual and community health. It accordingly requires new group…
- June 24, 2014
NHeLP Amicus Brief in Grace Schools v. Sebelius
Jane PerkinsThe ACA recognizes that preventive health services are critical to individual and community health. It accordingly requires new group…
- June 11, 2014
Background on Upcoming Supreme Court Decision-ACA’s Contraceptive Coverage
dfitzgeraldThe current round of Affordable Care Act litigation is dominated by cases challenging a requirement that most new health…
- April 21, 2014
NHeLP Amicus Brief in National Federation of Independent Businesses v. Sebelius
Jane Perkins and Sarah SomersNHeLP amicus brief in support of the ACA
- April 21, 2014
NHeLP Amicus Brief in Gilardi v HHS
dfitzgeraldBrief of National Health Law Program, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Asian Pacific American Legal Center, Black…
- March 6, 2014
NHeLP Amicus Brief in Florida v. HHS
Jane Perkins and Sarah SomersIn the U.S. Supreme Court. Whether the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals properly held that the Medicaid expansion provisions…
- January 28, 2014
NHeLP Supreme Court Amicus Brief in Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby Stores and Conestoga
dfitzgeraldAmicus brief by the National Health Law Program supporting the Affordable Care Act?s (ACA) birth control benefit, urging the…